About this title: Despereaux Tilling the mouse, Roscuro the rat, and a serving girl named Miggery Sow join forces and embark on an adventure during which they encounter grave danger and ultimate triumph. B&w illustrations accompany the text. Named one of the Best Children's Books 2003 by Publishers Weekly. Winner of the 2004 Newbery Medal.
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Candlewick
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780763625290ISBN:0763625299
Description: Fair. Paperback, larger format, a good reading copy. Cover image is a stock image and may vary. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780744598698ISBN:0744598699
Description: Good. GOOD OVERALL CONDITION-TRUSTED DEVON (UK) BASED SELLER-IN STOCK-SENT WITHIN 1 WORKING DAY-AVAILABLE BY EMAIL FOR QUERIES-NO QUIBBLE REFUND IF NOT COMPLETELY SATISFIED- read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780763625290ISBN:0763625299
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Description: Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Description: Good. Paperback published by Walker Books 2004. Binding sound. Pages clean, text bright. Small mark to inside page with light marking to closed page edge. Some marking to front cover. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780744598698ISBN:0744598699
Description: Very Good. Very good, never read-books may have a tear, creasing, or other small defect. Generally, very good condition. No.1 BESTSELLERS-great prices, friendly customer service-usually dispatched within 24 hrs. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780744598698ISBN:0744598699
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780744598698ISBN:0744598699
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780744598698ISBN:0744598699
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780744598698ISBN:0744598699
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780744598698ISBN:0744598699
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Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Walker Books, London
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780744598698ISBN:0744598699
Description: Timothy Basil Ering. Very Good. First printing with complete 1-10 number line. Softcover. Very Good. No wrapper. 7.8 inches x 6.1 inches. 270 pages; Well illustrated in b/w throughout. Top back corner bruised. Winner of the 2004 Newbery Medal, one of the most prestigious awards in children's literature. read more
Binding: Audio Cassette
Publisher: Listening Library
Date Published: 2003-08
ISBN-13:9780807219485ISBN:0807219487
Description: Very Good. UNABRIDGED EX LIBRARY SET OF 3 EXCELLENT SOUNDING CASSETTES IN VG CASE. 3.5 HOURS PLAYING TIME, READ BY GRAEME MALCOLM. SOME LIB MARKINGS. ALL OF OUR ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED. read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: WALKER BOOKS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780744598698ISBN:0744598699
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. The adventures of desperaux tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin. ages 9+. winner of 2004 newbery medal. edition new ed (Paperback) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic/candlewick press
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780439692205ISBN:0439692202
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
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Description: Fair. Purchasing this book supports the King County Library System Foundation. Thriftbooks and KCLSF have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
"Despereaux is a mouse, one of many in the castle, but he is different from the others. He was born with his eyes open (shocking!), his ears are too big (scandalous!) and he likes to read (unheard of!). Worse, he has fallen in love with Princess Pea and has even spoken to her. This is enough to get him banished to the dungeon where the evil rats dwell. This sets in motion a chain of events that will require Despereaux to be as brave as the knights he has read so much about in order to save the lovely Princess Pea. It's a nice enough story. Maybe kind of simple for a sophisticated reader like myself, and those asides to the "gentle reader" are kind of distracting, but it's a pleasant tale. Nice. Did I mention that it's nice? That's what I thought the first time I read the book. Then, I decided to read it to my daughter. Reading it aloud, I suddenly heard rhythms and cadences in DiCamillo's writing that hadn't been evident before. The words rolled off my tongue. They were almost hypnotic. Those asides to the reader felt natural and inviting. And the book was suddenly funny. My eavesdropping husband actually burst out laughing once. My daughter and I (and my husband, too, if he'd admit it) were enchanted. I am repentant. This book is a delight, but one best enjoyed read aloud. Even if you don't have children, try reading it aloud. I promise I won't tell."
"Although told in a slightly condescending fashion (to my mind), the author weaves together the events in the lives of each character most convincingly. Definitely an entertaining read, with an extremely old, yet timeless message: 'This above all, to thine own self be true'."
Yes, I thought this was a good book. That is not to say, I always thought it was a real pleasure to read. I didn't. The darkness of the dungeons and of the stair and of the life of Miggery Sow were not things I wanted to explore, and I didn't often come to this book wanting to delve back in.
I read this book to my kids, and the darkness was really rather dark. I was always surprised the darkness wasn't as dark to them as it was to me. Or, perhaps it was, but they needed to hear it and explore it and take it inside them and mull it over. They wanted to explore it, just like a good fairytale (I mean the real ones, not the Disney versions--the real grim Grimm).
But, I can appreciate all of this anew, because I also just completed listening to Kate Di Camillo's Newberry Medal acceptance speech, in which she shows her appreciation of darkness as a foil to the light, and as a place to work out the horrors of life. There, I find the merit in this work. She is very much a believer in exploring the complex, darkness in children's stories so they can undertsand and come to terms with the treachery,the perfidy in their own lives and souls. She gives an example of such musings from her childhood of her own complicated 4-year old soul, one that anyone can relate to. And, as she explores the darkness, we see how it can show us the light."
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